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0. B. HELLSTROM TROUSERS STRETCHING ATTACHMENT To CHAIRS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 3h I919.

Patented July 8, 1919.

1' COLUMBIA PLANODRAP" 60.. WASHINGTON, n. c.

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OSCAR BERNI-IARD I-IELLSTROM, F NEUTRAL BAY, NEAR AUSTRALIA.

SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES,

X i;. ,raonsjeas srnnronme ATTACHMENT. r0 CHAIRS. y

" To all whom it mafe concern."

Beit known that I, Osoan BERNHARD I-InLL- STROM, a subjectof the King of Great Britam; residing at N eutral Bay, near Sydney,

in the State of New South Wales,- Commonwealth of Australia,'have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers- Stretching Attachments to Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates totrousers stretch ers which are adapted to be applied to legs near the bottom.

chairs.

The chair is preferably ofthat patternknown as the mission type which is provided ,with approximately straight cross rails'on the chair back and between the rear To the rear of the top cross rail are attached two guides or the guides may consistof grooves made in the inner faces of the side members of the back.

The body portion of the trousers is laid over the back of the/chair and secured by a bar having pins at either end which slide in the guides or grooves. The legs of the trousers hang pendant and on being tightened are 7 secured to the bottom rail by a bar and fastened. Preferably the bottom rail of the chair is made adjustable vertically.

But in order that the invention may be readily understood I now refer to the drawings herewith whichillustrate the preferred constructions.

,- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a chair provided with my attachment, while,

Fig. 2 is a partial sectionaldetail of the upper end of the top rail and guide.

preferably an intermediate rail.

Fig. 3 is a partial view in perspective of a modified form of fastening on the bottom rail.

5 is a chair provided with a backhavin the side members 66, a top cross rail 7 ant 8-8 are brackets secured to the members 66 and bar 11. vThis bar is adapted to turn on its provided with guiding slots 9-9 in which take the pins 10 -10 secured to the clamping pins 10 to permit the insertion of the body portion of the trousers and its retention betweenthe bevel face 12 and the top rail which ispreferably beveled as at 13.

The lower rail 14 may be fixed but it is 1 preferably adjustable vertically on the teeth or racks 1515 formed or secured in the inner faces of the legs 16. Adjacent each end of the rail 14 is a pawl 17 which may be reg s e eificat ion of Letters Patent; g Patented July 8, 1919. Application filedllamiaryiil, 1919.' Serial No. 274,259.

siliently'held in engagement with its rack 15 by a. spring. [In said raill l are also secured,

preferably pivot-ally, two screw bolts 18 "is forced downwardly as far as possible.

Instead of aloose bar 20 I may have a bar such as'22 pivotally held between the bracket 23 hinged at 2 1 and the end piece 26. This bar 22 is held in the parallel position by means of the spring catch 25 engaging the end piece 26 but the bar 22 may be turned on its'pivots when'it'is desired to in- "sert or withdraw the trouser legs from between it and the bar 14, or the bar may be swung outwardly on its hinge after releasing the catch 25. 27 are projections or pins on the end piece 26 which take in corres )onding holes in the bar 14.

I aving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. In a chair attachment for stretching trousers, a vertically sliding and pivoted bar adjacent to and parallel with the top rail of the back, and a bar adjacent to and parallel with the bottom rail and adapted to be clamped thereto, the trousers being stretched and held between said rails and their respective bars substantially as described.

2. In a chair attachment for stretching trousers as claimed in claim 1, making the lower rail and its bar adjustable vertically substantially as described and as illustrated.

3. In combination with a chair having a top rail at-the back provided with a beveled rear face and a bottom rail, a vertically slidable and pivoted bar adjacent to and parallel with said top rail, said bar being adapted to coact with said beveled rear face to clamp trousers therebetween, and a bar adjacent to and parallel with the bottom rail, said bar being clamped to the bottom rail after the lower endof the trousers have been arranged therebetween.

4. In combination With a chair having a top rail provided with a beveled rear face and a vertically adjustable bottom rail at the back, a vertically slidable and pivoted bar adjacent to and parallel with said top rail, said bar being adapted to coact with said beveled rear face to clamp trousers therebetween, a second bar adjacent to and parallel With the bottom rail, and means for clamping said second bar to the bottom rail to act on the lower end of trousers ar ranged therebetWeen.

5. In combination wlth' a chair having a top rail and a bottom rail at the back, a vertically slidable and'pivoted banadjac'e'nt to and parallel With the top 1rail, a second bar hingedly connectedat one end to said bottom rail, and -means for securing the-- other end of the barto'said bottom rail.

6. In combination With a chair having a top rail and a bottom= rail at the back, a

vertically slidableand pivoted bar adjacent to and parallel With the top rail, a second bar hingedly connected at one end to said bottom rail, and pivotally supported means i for securing the other end of said bar to 1 said bottom rail.

to and parallel with said top rail,'a second vset my hand.

bar hingedly connected at one end to said bottom rail, and spring impelled means for securing the other end of the bar to said bottom rail. t

8, In combination With a chair having a top rail and a vertically adjustable bottom rail at the back, a vertically slidable and pivoted bar adjacent to and parallel With the top rail, a second bar hingedly connected at one end to said bottom rail, and means for securing the other end of the bar to said bottom rail.

9. In combination top .rail provided with a beveled rear face and a vertically adjustable bottom rail at the back, a vertically slidable and pivoted bar adjacent to and parallel With the top rail, a secondibar'hingedly connected at one end to said bottom rail, and spring impelled means for securing the other end of said bar'to said bottom ra1l.

In testnnony whereof I have hereunto OSCAR BERNHARD HELLSTROM.

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